Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant apparently recorded a video of himself with what appeared to be a toy gun just one day after he allegedly brandished handgun in a social media video for a second time.
On Friday, the NBA announced Morant would be suspended for the first 25 games of the 2023-24 season due to conduct detrimental to the league.
A video obtained by TMZ shows a right arm with identical tattoos to Morant. At one point in the video, the gun is used to light a pair of candles. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Ja Morant of the Memphis Grizzlies during an NBA Summer League game against the Philadelphia 76ers at Vivint Arena July 5, 2022, in Salt Lake City. (Alex Goodlett/Getty Images) Before the the video ends, the person believed to be Morant appears to say, "You hold it, and everything comes out." In March, Morant flashed a handgun during an Instagram Live video stream while he was inside a Denver-area nightclub.
The NBA subsequently suspended him for eight games. NIKE VOWS TO 'CONTINUE TO SUPPORT' GRIZZLIES STAR JA MORANT DESPITE LATEST SUSPENSION During a recent appearance on "The Dan Patrick Show," NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addressed the second incident. "It’s something that I’m thinking a lot about because, again, I’m not going to get into specifics about the investigation — but, in fact, if you’re livestreaming something to the world that looks exactly like a gun and in a, frankly, reckless manner, should it matter whether or not it’s a real gun?" Silver said.